Friday, October 19, 1900

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The Headlines

NEW PAY SAND AT NOME.; Tidal Wave Renews the Richness of the Ruby Sand on the Beach.

Best-selling Sheet Music

A Bird in a Gilded Cage

Harry Von Tilzer

The must-have

Lionel Trains

On This Day

• Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899)
• Marsilio Ficino (1433)
• Thomas Browne (1605)
• Umberto Boccioni (1882)
• Lewis Mumford (1895)

Slang

Tech Check

Kodak Brownie Camera, Zeppelin Airships & Escalators.

Style of 1900

Silhouette: S-bend corset and pouter pigeon chest

Material: Lace, silk, and heavy wool

• Gibson Girl hair
• Parasols
• High collars

Cost of Living (1900)